COVID-19 Air Quality Report
<p>Coinciding with the 50th anniversary ofEarth Day, this report investigates the impact COVID-19 lockdowns have had on global particulate pollution levels.As lockdowns were implemented in response to
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Master Plan-2021 may undergo 23 amendments
Over 4,000 suggestions from people uploaded on the web, says Urban Development Minister Green buildings in the Capital will be allowed to increase their floor area ratio (FAR) as an incentive by the Urban Development Ministry. This is one of the proposals among 23 specific amendments to the Master Plan-2021 for Delhi that have been made by the Union Urban Development Ministry and which will now be finalised for issuing public notice.
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Greenland ice said more resistant to climate change than feared
"It is too early to proclaim the 'ice sheet's future doom'" caused by climate change, lead author Kurt Kjaer of the University of Copenhagen wrote in a statement of the findings in Friday's edition of
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NY Adopts CO2 Rules That Limit New Coal Power Plants
New York environmental regulators on Thursday adopted carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) limits for new and expanded power plants that are slightly stricter than proposed federal limits and make it nearly
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Court Rules Union Carbide Not Liable in Bhopal Case
A New York federal court has dismissed all claims by Indian plaintiffs against Union Carbide Corp. for any environmental fallout of a gas leak which killed thousands of people in the Indian city of Bhopal
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Pressured, E.P.A. Proposes Soot Limit
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new national air quality standards that would significantly reduce levels of fine-particle soot. The rule, to be announced on Friday, would reduce the
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New York court nixes challenge to carbon market
A New York state court on Wednesday dismissed a Tea Party-backed lawsuit that tried to block the state from participating in a cap-and-trade system to cut carbon emissions in the Northeast, finding that
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Indian cities getting cheaper
Tokyo has this year become the world’s most expensive city for expatriates, pushing Luanda in Angola, which topped the list last year, down to second position. Japan has two more cities, Osaka and Nagoya, in the Top 10 list at third and tenth places, according to the Worldwide Cost of Living Survey 2012 by Mercer. Singapore (No. 6 on the list) and Hong Kong (No. 9) are the other Asian cities in the Top 10 list.
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New York Landowners Seek To Overturn Fracking Ban
A group of upstate New York landowners has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a temporary ban on natural-gas drilling in the city of Binghamton. The five property owners claim the Binghamton city council
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Managing exposure to flooding in New York City
Writing in Nature Climate Change, Lin and colleagues show that the combined effect of storm climatology and sea-level rise will greatly shorten surge-flooding return periods. Future climate effects may
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After Stockholm, Mumbai is most liveable city: Survey
Mumbai has emerged as the second-most liveable city in the world, according to an Ericsson ConsumerLab survey. The liveability factor has been tied to connectivity. Stockholm topped the list. India's